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Medical Appraisal in Scotland

Refresher Course for Experienced Appraisers

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Introductions …..

• Name

• Specialty

• Reflections on your experience of being an appraiser (1 +ve, 1-ve)

• Expectations of the course

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Aims

• Encourage appraisers to re-evaluate and refresh their skills in appraising medical colleagues (from a range of specialties):

• in the light of feedback they receive on the course

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• their experience of observing other appraisers

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Aims continued….

• Encourage a consistent and high quality approach to medical appraisal across Scotland

• Confirm that appraisers are appraising at an appropriate level and, if not, address concerns

• Consider what further changes to appraisal may be required as a result of revalidation requirements

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Programme for the day and working methods

• Looking at a range of Supporting Information from different Specialties

• Working experientially with the Supporting Info

in trios (& pairs) with a tutor

• Working with challenging appraisees with a range of issues in trios (& pairs).

Tutors role playing appraisees

• Reviewing videos of your role play appraisals and self critiquing performance

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• Ground rules

• Confidentiality

• Feedback• As an observer, as an appraiser, as an appraisee

Protocol for Managing Concerns

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Video / DVD

• The purpose of video recording/DVD

• Consent, ownership and confidentiality

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We need your feedback!

• End of day evaluation

• Post day evaluation questionnaires/interviews (research)

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Three Roles for a challenging appraisal

• Appraiser – begin by exploring the job the appraisee does and then move into issues flagged up in the Scenario

• Appraisee – (The tutor) will try to respond naturally to the Appraiser’s interventions

• Observer – What works well? What could be done differently?

Reviewing the video

• Anyone can ask for the video to be stopped at significant points

• Explain why you have stopped the video

• Encourage the appraiser to think about what was going through their minds before they made interventions

• Give examples of what could be done differently if suggesting a change, or specify what was done well

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End of day evaluation

Please complete the post course evaluation form

Any further questions?

Contact Niall Cameron, niall.cameron@nes.scot.nhs.uk